Columbia ROTC Coverage 1951-1999

• 19 May 1951 New York Times article "The Outstanding Midshipman at Columbia"

• 12 Sept 1951 Columbia News Office Memo - The founding of AFROTC at Columbia. Article pages: Page 1, Page 2.

• 1 Apr 1952 New York Times article "Columbia ROTC Holds Blood Donation Rally"

• 22 Nov 1952 New York Times article "Midshipmen Get a Dry-Land View of Cruiser"

• 19 Nov 1956 New York Times article "Columbia NROTC Members Train on USS Laning"

• 30 Mar 1957 New York Times article "Submarine Dives Thrill Students" - Midshipmen taste adventure under water in cruise on Sound.

• 30 Mar 1957 New York Times article "Submariners are Hosts to Naval Officer Candidates from Columbia"

• 20 Oct 1965 Columbia Daily Spectator article "ROTC Has Had Tumultuous Career at Columbia"

• 26 Apr 1966 New York Times article Columbia University Cancels Awards Ceremony for Military Unit"

• 2 Nov 1967 New York Times article "Students at Columbia Vote for Open Recruiting"

• 9 Oct 1968 Columbia Daily Spectator - "Faculty Group to Study NROTC"

• 14 March 1969 Columbia University Report of the Joint Committee on NROTC.  Note:  The Mansfield committee recommended that "any course offered as part of the naval training program shall carry credit toward the satisfaction of degree requirements only if it is also listed in the offerings of a regular academic department", "Personnel assigned to the training program as instructors shall not be ex officio members of any faculty of the University, and shall not hold academic rank unless appointed according to regular procedures" and the university "shall not allocate free space on campus to the Navy for drill or for instructional purposes, whether or not for academic credit".  Also available as a PDF here.

• 20 March 1969 Columbia University Council recommendations to the University Trustees on ROTC.  Note:  The Council recommended an extracurricular military training program that did not meet the legal conditions set forth in the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964.
• 14 May 1969 New York times article "Senate Is Approved".  Note:  Columbia University's trustees voted to phase out the Naval ROTC program.  The university had tried to keep the program as an extracurricular activity but this conflicted with a federal statute.
• 20 May 1969 Letter from Columbia University President Andrew Cordier to Chief of Naval Personnel Admiral Charles Duncan.  Note:  Cordier gave details of the phasing out of the ROTC program at Columbia.
• 5 June 1969 Letter from Chief of Naval Personnel Admiral Charles Duncan to Columbia University President Andrew Cordier.  Note:  Duncan discussed details of the phasing out of the ROTC program at Columbia.

• 28 September 1973 Harvard Crimson article "A Survey of ROTC's Status in the Ivies".

• 23 January 1976 Resolution Concerning ROTC at Columbia University.  Note:  The University Senate approved recommendations of the Special Committee to Study ROTC (Tien Committee) that specified that instructors in any ROTC program could be "accorded faculty rank only in accordance with the usual appointment procedures", thereby not meeting a key provision of the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964.

• 26 January 1976 Columbia spectator article "University Senate Passes Resolution Opposing ROTC".

• 24 Feb 1984 Columbia Daily Spectator article "CC to Avoid ROTC". Article pages: Page 1, Page 2

• 23 Feb 1993 Columbia Daily Spectator article "Columbia's Cadets"

• 21 Feb 1994 Columbia Daily Spectator article COI Refuses to List ROTC Class Grades

• 10 March 1995 Columbia University Record article "From the Senate".  Note:  The Columbia University Senate registered disapproval of laws relating to homosexuality in the military.

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